HARARE – The Home Affairs ministry insists it is committed to the decision to limit roadblocks to 40 countrywide, but opposition and rights campaigners said the pronouncement was a half-hearted first step. Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni told senators on Thursday that they are going to implement the policy, first pronounced by his boss,…
HARARE – There seems to be trouble in the paradise of Remnant Church cleric Patrick Philip Mugadza and his wife Thelma Masaka amid reports that they have been arguing a lot following his incarceration for predicting that President Robert Mugabe would die in October this year. The Daily News on Sunday can reveal that there…
HARARE – Our Deputy Business Editor, Ndakaziva Majaka, talks to World Bank’s (WB) outgoing country manager, Camille Nuamah, whose tour of duty ran from June 2014. NUamah will be succeeded by WB’s sector manager for Urban Development and Services in East and Southern Africa, Rosemary Mukami Kariuki, who will take over from August 1, 2017….
HARARE – Attempts by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to introduce an electronic register of voters is illegal, analysts have said, with Zec urged to drop the plans even after acquiring the technology, raising fresh fears of election fraud. Presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018 follow a disputed poll in 2013, and will also be the…
HARARE – Calls by senators last week on government to reinstate financial aid to assist students in the payment of educational expenses must be supported by all right-thinking Zimbabweans. This comes after a damning report by the thematic committee on HIV and Aids which highlighted poverty as the major cause of prostitution at the country’s…
JOHANNESBURG – In 1998, Dynamos confounded all and sundry when they reached the African Champions League final losing 4-2 to Asec Mimosa in very controversial circumstances. That was the closest a Zimbabwean team was on the verge of winning a continental title. Since the Glamour Boys’ exploits then, few Zimbabwean clubs have managed to reach…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has admitted that preparations for the Sables’ Rugby Afrique Gold Cup opening match away to Senegal today were not satisfactory. The Sables kick off their campaign for qualification campaign for the 2019 Japan Rugby World Cup with both coach Cyprian Mandenge and captain Denford Mutamangira expression concerns over…
HARARE – National Basketball Association (NBA) star Luc Mbah A Moute, who jetted into the country yesterday, said he was on a mission to develop the sport in Zimbabwe. The Cameroonian power forward, who plays for the LA Clippers, is here to conduct the Luc Mbah A Moute Top 50 Basketball Camp at Eaglesvale School…
HARARE – After clinching the One Day International series with a game to spare on Thursday, Zimbabwe cricket team can today claim a rare series whitewash against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. Solomon Mire (82) and Craig Ervine (77) scored crucial half centuries as Zimbabwe chased down Netherlands’ revised target of 229 during the rain-interrupted second…
HARARE – Rising Zimbabwean bantamweight boxer Tinashe “Chairman” Madziwane says he is ready to follow in the footsteps of dethroned World Boxing Council (WBC) silver welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi as he prepares for his first international title fight. Madziwane will square up against Hashimu Zuberi of Tanzania for a unification bout for the vacant World…
